Coming later this week will be a recent interview we did with Clyde Smith of ProHipHop.com, who writes one of the most popular Hip Hop blogs on the web. He specializes in the marketing aspect of the rap industry.
In the full interview, we discussed why the Hip Hop industry has turned its back on the Bay Area Rap scene and what the future may hold. Here are a few parts of that interview...
BAHM: In the many blog posts you have made over the years, do any standout for drawing a reaction that generated a lot of buzz for ProHipHop.com?
CS: The first piece that really caught attention was one of the very few interviews I've conducted for ProHipHop. It was an interview with Tahir called The Revolutionary Heart of the Dirty South on the topic of Hood Economics: http://www.prohiphop.com/hoodec.html
Though I wish my more serious posts were always the ones that get attention, I think the post about AJ and Free leaving 106 & Park has been my biggest in terms of traffic to date
BAHM: How would you define the Hyphy Movement?
CS: No way am I defining the Hyphy Movement. I'm going to cop out and say I know it when I see or hear it which tells me that one could come up with a definition but defining a movement is a lot harder to do well than most people realize. When all is said and done, it's the artists and fans that define it and writers like myself just try to figure out what they've come up with.
With a H.O.T. new album featuring Too $hort, Cypress Hill, Killa Kiese, San Quinn & other Bay Area All Stars releasing in a few weeks, Da Bay Area's own GREENIE will be helping Miss MySpace 2007 celebrate her birthday by performing live at Midnight this Wednesday at Club Privilege in L.A.
Several of you will be enjoying a case of Hyphy Juice on us between now and October 15. TheHyphyMovement.com has just launched the 1st pure Bay Area Rap Album Review Site featuring nothing else but Bay Area artists.